Belt and loop fastener used in connection with the same



Oct. l1 1927.

E. s. Mlx

BELT AND LOOP FASTENER USED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SAME Filed Julfy l.1926 INVENTOR f/Mh 5. mit

ma ATTORNEYS Patented Oct. 11 1927.

UNITED STATES 1,644,845 PATENT oil-Fica EDWIN S. MIX, OF ROCHESTER, NEWYORK, ASSIGNOR- TO HICKOK MANUFACT-URiENG COMPANY, INC., A CGRPORATION FNEW YORK.

BELT AND LOOP FASTENER USED Application filed July 1,

The present invention relates to belts and to a loop fastener used inconnection .with the same. An obj-ect of the invention is to provide forsecuring the loop of a belt by one of the separable devices employed forholding an inwardly turned end o f the belt on the rear face ,of saidbelt. Another object of the invention is to provide a fastening devicewhich will hold vtogether the two ends of a loop and provide meansthrough which the loop may be secured on the rear face of a belt.Another object of the invention is to provide a belt of the type havingan inwardly turned end secured on the rear faceof the main portion ofthe belt by a separable fastener with a means which can be secured bythat separable fastener carried by the main portion of the belt to holdthe two ends of the loop on the rear face of the main portion of thebelt.

To these and other ends, the invention consists of certain parts andcombinations of parts, all of which will be hereinafter described, thenovel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

ln the drawings:

Fig. l is a fragmentary view of a belt constructed in accordance withthis invention;

y Fig. 2 is a .side view of the belt;

Fig. 3 is a face view of the loop;

Fig. 4 is an edge view of the loop;

Fig. 5 is a 'face view of the loop fastening device before it is appliedtothe loop;

Fig. 6 is a side view of the loop fastening device;

F ig. 7 is an enlarged section on the line 7-7, Fig. l; and

Fig. 8 is a section on the line 8-8, Fig'. 4.

Referring more particularly to the illustrated embodiment of theinvention, l indicates the main portion of the belt, the two ends ofwhich are shown in overlapped relation. One end of this main portion hasa portion 2 turned inwardly on the inner face of such main portion andheld thereto by two separable fasteners each of which contains a headedmember 3 preferably secured to the main portion by passing through thelatter with the head projecting on the rear face of said main portion,and the other of which consists of a socket member 4 passing through theturned portion 2 and having its socket disposed toward the rear face ofthe Amain portion for engagement with the head of the fastening device3. A buckle of 1N CONNECTION WITH THE sAME.

192.6. serial no. 119,970.

theseI loops have been secured to Ythe portionof the belt on the rearside .thereof by various means. In this invention, the loop is securedthrough that member ofnne of thel separable fasteners which is carriedby tne main portion of the belt.- In order to make it possible toutilize this member of the separable fastener for securing the loop tothe belt, a fastening device of novel construction is employed whichconnects the two ends of the loop 8, This fastening device, in thisinstance, is formed yfrom a single piece of sheet metal with a centralportion 9 formed, in this instance, with a central opening l0, saidfastening device also having two oppositely exten-ding arms lll, each ofwhichv in this instance, is provided with anchoring means preferably inthe form of two series of prongs 12 on ,opposite sides of the arm. Thecentral portion 9 is offset from the plane of the varm lll, a distanceequal ,substantially to the thickness of the loop and the endsof theloop 8 are placed upon these arms vll and thereafter the prongs lQfarebent kor turned inwardly to penetrate that face of the loop materialopposite that engaged by the arms ll, thus firmly securing the two endsof the loop to the fastening device. The shank of the headed fastenerthat passes through the main portion of the belt passes through theopening l0 and the central por tion 9 about the opening 10 is engaged bythe flanges 13 which is usually formed upon the headed member ofseparable fasteners of this type, the flange being received in thedepressed portion 14 provided between the two ends of the loops oppositethe central por` tion 9. In this way the socket member of the separablefastener may readily engage with the headed member 3, while the inwardlyturned portion 2 of the belt lies closely against the rear face of theloop, making it thereby possible to associate the parts in closearrangement.

It is apparent that with this invention, the ends of the loop are firmlyheld together and are firmly secured on the rear face of the mainportion of the belt. At the same time, one of the members of theseparable fastener which secures the inwardly turned end of the belt onthe rear face of the main portion is utilized for securing the loop inposition, thereby making it possible, with the operation of applyingthe. member of the separable fastener to the main portion of the belt,to secure the loop to the belt, so that a separatev operation ofsecuring the loop to the belt is dispensed with.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A belt having an inwardly turned end, a loop passed about the mainportion of the belt, a fastening device secured to both ends of the loopand provided with a central portion, and means for securing said centralportion to the rear face of the main portion of the belt. 2. A belthaving an inwardly turned end, a separable fastener for securing theinwardly turned end to the rear face of they main portion of the belt, aloop passed around the main portion of the belt, and a fastening devicesecuring together the ends of the loop and provided with an openingbetween the ends of the loop through which that member of the separablefastener on the main portion of the belt passes so as to hold the loopto the main portion of the belt by the separable fastener.

3. A belt having an inwardly turned end,

le a separable fastener securing the inwardly turned end on the rearface of the main portion of the belt, a loop passed around the mainportion of the belt, a fastenino device having two arms and a centralportion, the two arms carryingmeans for securing the fastener to the twoends of the loop and the central portion having an opening through whichpasses that member of the separable fastener carried by the main portion.of the belt.

4i. The combination with a loop made of flexible material and having twoopposite end portions extending toward eachother and lying in rear ofthe front portion of the loop, of a fastening device for the loopembodying two opposite extending arms` secured to opposite ends of theloop spacing the ends of the loop, and a central portion provided withan opening between the ends of the loop through which the loop may besecured to a belt.

5. rlhe combination with a loop, of a fastening device therefor,embodying two arms having means secured to the opposite ends ofthe loopand spacing such ends, and a central portion offset to one side of theplane of the two arms and provided zvith an opening between the two endsof the oop. 6. The combination with a loop, of a fastening' devicetherefor spacing the loop ends and embodying two arms having prongs onopposite sides embedded in the'ends of the loop, and a central portionoffset to one side of the plane of the two arms and provided with anopening between the ends of the loop through which the loop may besecured to a belt.

7. A belt having an inwardly turned end, a separable fastener securingthe inwardly turned end on the rear face of the main portion of thebelt, a. loop passed around the main portion of the belt, a fasteningdevice having two arms each of which is secured to one end of the loopand a central portion offset from the plane of the arms and providedwith an opening through which passes that member of the separablefastener secured to the main portion of the belt.

EDWIN S. MIX.

